IS prison break in Syria sparks days of clashes
Syrian civil war Intense fighting is taking place in north-eastern Syria after Islamic State (IS) fighters tried to break…
Yazidi genocide: IS member found guilty in German landmark trial
An Iraqi member of the Islamic State (IS) group has been found guilty of genocide against the Yazidi religious minority…
US defends air strikes that killed civilians in Syria
The US military has defended as “legitimate” an air strike attack which killed dozens of people in Syria in 2019.…
Afghanistan: Deadly attack hits Kunduz mosque during Friday prayers
A suicide bomb attack on a mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz has killed at least 50 people, officials…
Head of Islamic State in Sahara killed by French troops – Macron
Sahel Islamist insurgency The head of the Islamic State group in the Sahara has been killed by French troops,…
Islamic State ‘Beatle’ Alexanda Kotey pleads guilty over US hostage deaths
An Islamic State (IS) group suspect from the UK has pleaded guilty in a US court to multiple charges relating…
New Zealand PM Ardern says supermarket stabbing was ‘terrorist attack’
Police in New Zealand shot and killed a “violent extremist” after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in…
Afghanistan: US drone strike ‘kills Isis-K planner’
US drone strikes The US military says it believes it has killed a planner for a branch of the…
Pakistan coal miners kidnapped and killed in IS attack
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of 11 coal miners in the western Pakistani province of…
Vienna shooting: Arrests after Vienna attacked by ‘freed jihadist’
Police have carried out a series of raids and made 14 arrests in the hours since a gunman murdered four…